Permian palsa mires as paleoenvironmental proxies

Palaios

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 530-544

  Krull, Evelyn S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRE; PALSA; PERMAFROST; PERMIAN; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

ANTARCTICA;

GANGAMOPTERIS; GLOSSOPTERIS;

EID: 0033511140     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515311     Document Type: Article

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